Mark 6:11
And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
Cross-references
Matthew 10:14 gives the identical dust-shaking instruction as a testimony against rejection.
Matthew 10:15 is a parallel saying: it will be more bearable for Sodom on judgment day than for the rejecting town.
Luke 9:5 mirrors the command verbatim, also specifying 'testimony against them'.
In Luke 10:11, the seventy-two use the same dust-shaking action against rejecting towns, recording a parallel account of Jesus' instruction.
Luke 10:12-15 includes the same Sodom comparison and woe against Chorazin and Bethsaida — a parallel account of judgment.
Acts 13:51 records Paul and Barnabas shaking off dust as instructed — a direct application of Jesus’ command.
Acts 18:6 shows Paul shaking his garments in protest against rejection — a similar symbolic action to shaking dust.
2 Peter 2:6 cites Sodom and Gomorrah as an example of divine judgment, directly illustrating the warning to unrepentant towns.
Matthew 11:24 warns of worse judgment for unrepentant cities — echoes the testimony of judgment in shaking dust.
Matthew 11:20-24 pronounces woe on unrepentant cities, using the same Sodom comparison — expanding Jesus’ warning to other towns.
Acts 13:50 shows the Jews inciting persecution against Paul and Barnabas — a real example of the rejection Jesus warned about.
Nehemiah 5:13 uses a symbolic garment-shaking as a curse, foreshadowing the dust-shaking gesture.
1 John 4:17 contrasts with Mark 6:11—love gives confidence on judgment day, while shaken dust signals condemnation for rejection.